David Gerhard Utzinger began his artistic career studying visual art. After music became an ever-increasing influence in his life, he began studying piano with Dr. Renee Chevalier and composition with Dr. Paul Davies. Since then, Dr. Utzinger received his BA in Composition from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, his MM in Composition from the Manhattan School of Music and his PhD in Music at UCLA. Dr. Utzinger has studied composition with Dr. Richard Danielpour, Dr. Reiko Füting, and Dr. David Lefkowitz and with French composer Eric Tanguy. His music has been performed throughout the United States and by numerous ensembles, including the Los Angeles based ensembles What’s Next? and Wild Up, the New York based ensemble Red Light New Music and the Ann Arbor based ensemble Brave New Works among others. Dr. Utzinger currently lives in Sturgeon Bay, WI, where he continues to write and teach music.